RITM eyes 10,000 tests a day; prepares distribution of 900k test kits

Krissy Aguilar 04/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) is eyeing at processing about 10,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests a day for the next three months as it prepares to distribute 900,000 test kits in accredited…

DA-7 prepares for El Niño

Immae Lachica 02/20/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – With the Philippine weather bureau reporting early signs of El Niño, the Department of Agriculture (DA-7) is starting to prepare for the effects of the warming of the climate.   DA-7 Regional Director…

Cebu City’s disaster management arm prepares for Kalag-Kalag

Gerard Vincent Francisco 10/26/2018

The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) will be conducting inspections at different cemeteries starting on Monday (October 29). Nagiel Bañacia, officer-in-charge of CCDRRMO, said that they will be focusing their security and safety…

South Bus prepares for ‘kalag-kalag’

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/16/2018

The management of the Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) urged local government units (LGUs) to deploy buses to fetch stranded passengers who are expected to flock the terminal on October 31. CSBT general manager Jonathan “Joy” Tumulak…

PRO-7 prepares for super typhoon Ompong

Nestle L. Semilla 09/12/2018

  The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) is placed under red alert status in preparation of the super typhoon Ompong. Chief Supt. Debold Sinas, PRO-7 director, directed all police stations in the region to monitor…

Cebu prepares for potential super typhoon Ompong

Futch Anthony Inso, Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/11/2018

Local disaster management units and local government units (LGUs) in Cebu are preparing for Typhoon Ompong, which is likely to develop into a “super typhoon”. Baltazar Tribunalo, chief of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office…

Mandaue LGU prepares for Typhoon Ompong

Norman V. Mendoza 09/11/2018

The Mandaue City Government is now preparing for the possible effects of the impending Typhoon Ompong. City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing, in his issued memorandum, directed all concerned departments to make necessary preparations. “Even if PAGASA has declared…

Saudi prepares for hajj pilgrimage

AP 08/18/2018

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia is preparing to host the annual hajj pilgrimage beginning Sunday, as over 1.6 million Muslim faithful from abroad have arrived in the ultraconservative kingdom. The pilgrimage represents one of the five…

US prepares to receive war remains from NKorea

AP 06/23/2018

Seoul, South Korea — The U.S. military said Saturday that it was moving “assets” to a U.S. air base near South Korea’s capital and to the inter-Korean border to prepare for North Korea’s returning of the remains…

Archdiocese of Cebu prepares for 2019 National Youth Day

Futch Anthony Inso and Fe Marie Dumaboc 05/25/2018

THE Archdiocese of Cebu is hosting the National Youth Day next year that will be participated by 10,000 to 15,000 delegates coming from the different parts of the country. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said the celebration is…

CSBT prepares for influx of passengers as Barangay, SK election nears

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 05/10/2018

About 30,000 passengers are expected to enter Cebu South Bus Terminal (CSBT) starting on Friday, in time for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) election. CSBT Manager Joey Herrera said they will augment additional guards in the…

Lapu-Lapu starts inventory of illegal structures, prepares for demolition

Futch Anthony Inso 04/23/2018

THE Lapu-Lapu City government is starting to get an inventory of all illegal structures built in the easement zone of the city’s coastal shorelines, which have also been identified as partly the source of pollution in the…

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